10-letter words containing n, o, s, d
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sans doute — without doubt; certainly.
- sappanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scandaroon — a large variety of fancy pigeon having a long thin body and an elongated neck and head
- scene dock — dock1 (def 7).
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- second-run — designating or of:
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- secondment — the transfer of a military officer or corporate executive to another post for temporary duty.
- seed money — capital for the initial stages of a new business or other enterprise, especially for the initial operating costs.
- seldomness — rareness
- selenodesy — the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the moon's surface and its gravitational field.
- selenodont — having molar teeth with crowns formed of crescent-shaped cusps.
- semi-nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- senna pods — the dried fruits of any of these plants, used as a cathartic and laxative
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shadowland — a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell
- shenandoah — a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. About 200 miles (322 km) long.
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shoddiness — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
- short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shout down — silence by speaking more loudly than
- showground — outdoor events venue
- side money — (in a poker game) the money or chips in a side pot.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- sighthound — gazehound.
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- singlehood — the status of being unmarried.
- sinus node — sinoatrial node.
- sinusoidal — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)